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Awards

APP was selected for the 2014 Excellence in Government Award for Community Enhancement by the Wilder School at Virginia Commonwealth University.

APP was recognized at the 2020 Regional Leaders Summit in May 2014 for working in the areas of health, education and economic development.

Shannon Blevins, Director of Economic Development at UVa-Wise, received the 2014 President’s Award from the Virginia Technology Council for her work with the Blueprint for Attracting and Sustaining Advanced Manufacturing in Southwest Virginia.

“Blueprint for Entrepreneurial Growth and Economic Prosperity” cited by the Governor’s Rural Jobs Council as a model for rural entrepreneurship that should be replicated across the Commonwealth. (2013)

Graduate students’ community development work in the region was awarded 1st place in the Presidential Research Poster Competition for “Building New Prosperity in the Coalfields.” (2013)

UVa Center for Telehealth was selected as the first member of Cisco’s new “Healthcare Center of Excellence” program, in part for their innovative work and extensive health coverage in Southwest Virginia.

National Association of Development Organizations (NADO) awarded APP with the NADO 2012 Innovation Award. (2012)

Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities, C. Peter Magrath University Community Engagement National Outreach Scholarship Exemplary Program Award. (2011)

Robert Wood Johnson Emerging Health Institute with the National Network of Public Health Institute. (2010-2011)